The Wild and Curious Episode 009: Josephine Ekiru

Josephine Ekiru is a Peace Coordinator and converts poachers into advocates for the local environment and community. She is a true storyteller, and getting to listen to her talk about her experiences was a privilege for us. She tells us about how, at one point, she had guns to her head - she’d been ambushed by a group of poachers who didn’t like that she was trying to stop them from poaching, and she was certain they would kill her. Instead of begging for her life, though, she asked simply to speak and share her passion for animals and the land. She also shares how she is training others to do this work and why women are some of the best candidates to convert poachers.
Learn more about Conservation International at conservation.org or at conservationorg. Watch the amazing video they made of Josephine here: www.conservati...
Josephine works for the Northern Rangelands Trust, www.nrt-kenya.org/. You can find them on Instagram at nrt_kenya
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The Wild and Curious Podcast explores what it's like to be a woman in the world, all around the world by highlighting stories from womxn everywhere. Cohosts Theresa Christine and Suzanne Schmedding are Craigslist roommates turned globetrotting best friends. With backgrounds in travel writing and education, respectively, they sit down with extraordinary womxn worldwide to discuss the ways they're breaking barriers and helping their local communities.